Psalms 17
1 “A prayer of David.” Hear, O Lord, [the cause of] righteousness, attend unto my entreaty, give ear unto my prayer, coming from lips without deceit.
The preier of Dauid. Lord, here thou my riytfulnesse; biholde thou my preier. Perseuye thou with eeris my preier; not maad in gileful lippis.
2 Let from thy presence my sentence come forth; let thy eyes behold what is right.
Mi doom come `forth of thi cheer; thin iyen se equite.
3 Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast thought of me in the night; thou hast refined me—thou couldst find nothing: my purpose doth not pass beyond [the words of] my mouth.
Thou hast preued myn herte, and hast visitid in niyt; thou hast examynyd me bi fier, and wickidnesse is not foundun in me.
4 Among the deeds of men did I observe, by the word of thy lips, the paths of the dissolute.
That my mouth speke not the werkis of men; for the wordis of thi lippis Y haue kept harde weies.
5 My steps held firmly to thy tracks, [and] my footsteps did not slip.
Make thou perfit my goyngis in thi pathis; that my steppis be not moued.
6 I call on thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: incline thy ear unto me, hear my speech.
I criede, for thou, God, herdist me; bowe doun thin eere to me, and here thou my wordis.
7 Show marvelously thy loving-kindnesses, O thou that savest those who put their trust [in thee] from those that rise up [against them] by thy right hand.
Make wondurful thi mercies; that makist saaf `men hopynge in thee.
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye; conceal me under the shadow of thy wings,
Kepe thou me as the appil of the iye; fro `men ayenstondynge thi riyt hond. Keuere thou me vndur the schadewe of thi wyngis;
9 From the wicked that despoil me, my enemies, who, to take my life, compass me about.
fro the face of vnpitouse men, that han turmentid me. Myn enemyes han cumpassid my soule;
10 They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
thei han closide togidere her fatnesse; the mouth of hem spak pride.
11 On our steps they now encompass us: they direct their eyes to turn aside in the land.
Thei castiden me forth, and han cumpassid me now; thei ordeyneden to bowe doun her iyen in to erthe.
12 Every man is just like a lion that is greedy to tear his prey, and like a young lion lurking in a covert.
Thei, as a lioun maad redi to prey, han take me; and as the whelp of a lioun dwellynge in hid places.
13 Arise, O Lord, prevent him, cast him down; deliver my soul from the wicked, who is thy sword, —
Lord, rise thou vp, bifor come thou hym, and disseyue thou hym; delyuere thou my lijf fro the `vnpitouse,
14 From these men—thy hand—O Lord, from the men of this world, whose portion is in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hidden treasure: they have children in plenty, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
delyuere thou thi swerd fro the enemyes of thin hond. Lord, departe thou hem fro a fewe men of `the lond in the lijf of hem; her wombe is fillid of thin hid thingis. Thei ben fillid with sones; and thei leften her relifis to her litle children.
15 As for me, in righteousness shall I behold thy face: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with contemplating thy likeness.
But Y in riytfulnesse schal appere to thi siyt; Y schal be fillid, whanne thi glorie schal appere.
